Five CDKN2B‐AS1 SNP loci—rs564398 (T/C), rs1333048 (A/C), rs1537373 (G/T), rs2151280 (A/G) and rs8181047 (G/A)—were analysed using a TaqMan allelic discrimination assay for genotyping in a cohort of 810 HCC patients and 1190 healthy controls. This evidence concerns the gene CDKN2B and hepatocellular carcinoma.